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Published 8/6/25 8:00PM
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Provide Friendly Visits to Hospice Patients and their Families

VITAS Healthcare of Sacramento
On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Sacramento, CA
I Want to Volunteer

    • Details

    Commitment Details:
    About 4 hours a month. See one patient once a week for 30 minutes.
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Volunteers Needed:
    10
    Cause Areas:
    Religion & Spirituality, Seniors & Retirement
    Good For:
    Teens, Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Background Check, Attend Orientation

    Description

    Provide Friendly Visits to Hospice Patients and their Families

    VITAS is looking for kind and caring people to help terminally ill patients and their families. Friendly visits, simple errands, providing a listening ear and the gift of friendship at a crucial time can make a real difference in another's life. Yours, too!

    Other VITAS volunteer activities: relief care (sit with a patient while the caregiver takes a break); friendly visits to patients and their families at home or in a nursing home; driving a patient to appointments; accompanying a patient to a church function, wedding, beauty shop, play, ballgame; run errands to the grocery store, drug store, post office; assist with programs and special events.

    VITAS Volunteer orientation and on going training is provided to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding hospice volunteer.

    A commitment of 6 months is requested

    For more information about VITAS visit VITAS.com.

    Location

    On-site
    Arden Arcade area and surrounding areas, Sacramento, California, US

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